The Mind Collection | How to Think for Yourself

Chmess: How to Spot a Bullshit Job

A dive into Daniel Dennett’s Chmess and David Graeber’s equally pointless Bullshit Jobs. Can we make them solve each other?

Revisit the critical thinking, philosophy and storytelling posts of the past with The Mind Collection Quiz #1

My take on the age-old question: Why do we waste our time Bikeshedding in meetings when we could be binge-watching The Office?

My breakdown of a glorious manipulative narrative that teaches us about love, special aircraft and propaganda in North Korea.

Is the submarine in the front yard just as fake? What about those fighter jets on our dream property? A primer on satellite image analysis.

A reflection on eternity and our subjective concepts of time. When our mind gets in the way of reality, a single moment can make a difference.

Sometimes dramatic principles are most powerful when we ignore them. We find out how by looking down the barrel of Chekhov’s Gun.